MATTHEW ZANFAGNA
DIRECTING
Venus In Fur
by David Ives
play - Eastwood Performing Arts Center
role: Director
Key Artists
starring Cora Wood & Richardson Cisneros-Jones
Executive Producer Cora Wood
Creative Producer Gnosis
Stage Manager, Lighting Design Josh Miguel Ewing
Costume Design Fletcher Hurley
Dramaturg Tanner Hayes
Venus In Fur is presented in arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Dramatist's Play Service.
Eternal Flamer! The Ballad of Jessie Blade
by Tommy Jamerson, Josh Julian, and James Tison
play - Hollywood Fringe / Crossbones Theatre
roles: Director + Scenic, Props, Sound, Lighting Design
Key Artists
featuring James Tison, Ross Knight, Jordan Paradise, Gnosis, Joan Nelson, Giselle Austria, Sadé Ayodele, Tanner Hayes
Lead Producer Gnosis
Costume, Makeup, Projection Design Gnosis
Associate Producer Alyssa Barron
NATION OF ONE
by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask
music video
role: Co-Director & Creator (with Gnosis)
Best Music Video - Oregon Independant Film Festival
Selection - Portland Film Fest, LGBTQ+ Los Angeles Film Fest, Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Fest, Coney Island Film Festival
Key Artists
Final Colorist Rory Gordon
Musicians Stephen Trask, Justin Craig, Tim Mislock, Matt Duncan, and Peter Yanowitz
watch the full video here
FATHOMS
by Vegas Valentine (remix by SHA)
music video
role: Director, art direction, puppetry design
GLAM Award - Best Music Video (nomination)
featuring Megami, Avant Garbage, Little Nella, Keith G Tolbert II
choreo Julz Romell Choreography
editors Gnosis & Vegas Valentine
dance makeup design Art Ish Studios
marionette Anne Melvin & Matthew ZanFagna
colorist Killian Lock - Human Pincushion Productions
watch the full video here
SONS & DOGS: A Funk-Folk Musical
book, music, and lyrics by Jessica McIlquham
Royal Family, NYC - new musical workshop
role: Director
featuring Kelly Krauter, Xavier McKinnon, Jeremy Feight, Evan Gambardella, Manuel Cortes Alcazar, Drew Michael Gardner, Sara Ornelas, Koryna Flores, Nicholas Sotack, Kim Onah, Matthew Jay Campbell, Jessica McIlquham, Concetta Morabito, Ben Bartels, Leah Dubbin-Steckel, Evan Wilberg, Kristiana Murphy, Pilar Adara, Nate Summers, Michael Spencer
NEW AMERICAN DREAM
by John Cameron Mitchell and Justin Craig
music video
role: Director, art director, puppetry
Key Artists
featuring John Cameron Mitchell, Justin Craig, and Amber Martin
Assistant Director, co-producer Gnosis
Editor Michael Zumbrun
DP Roy Racks
press: Rolling Stone
UTOPIA
by Ty Baumann
NY SummerFest, NYC - play
role: Director
Key Artists
featuring Ty Baumann, Kim Onah, Andreas Casso
PSM, lighting, sound design Kandrea Wade
producer Jake S. Backer Kaprow
you said you were my best friend
by Max Gordon
music video
role: Director, Editor, Colorist
Key Artists
featuring Max Gordon, Carter, Joyah Dominique, Pussy Willow
DP & choreo Gnosis
costumes Azalea Fairley
watch the full video here
THE MONSTERS YOU MEET IN THE DARK
by Jazmine Cornielle, Julia Everitt, & Lauren Anthony
Human Pincushion Productions, NYC - horror play
role: Director
Key Artists
featuring Jazmine Cornielle, Heather Bildman, Killian Lock, Chase O'Neill, Vikki Martin, Cerys Bishop
costumes Michael Piatkowski
fight choreo Lei Nico
lighting Matthew Sells
makeup Killian Lock
BRIGHT AND BRAVE: A New Musical
by Jack Saleeby, Peter Charney, and Noah Silva
Dixon Place, NYC - staged workshop
role: Director
Key Artists
featuring Jack Saleeby, Drew Carr, Chirs Jenhert, James David Dirck, Chris Dippel, Jesse Dalton
PSM Maggie Latham, Gabriel Cordero
music director Peter Charney
producer Dabney Rauh
PUTTBLUG & THE CAC
TikTok animated series
role: Director, writer, animator
Key Artists
animation, color, sound, co-producer CJ Douglas
theme music Joey ZanFagna
ASSOCIATE / ASSISTANT DIRECTING
ANTHEM: HOMUNCULUS
by John Cameron Mitchell & Bryan Weller
Narrative Musical Podcast produced by Topic Studios
[Listen on Spotify]
role: Associate Director & various roles
Key Artists
director John Cameron Mitchell
music director Bryan Weller
featuring John Cameron Mitchell, Glenn Close, Cynthia Erivo, Patti LuPone, Nakhane, Laurie Anderson, Simone, Denis O'Hare, Christpher Hanke, Madeline Brewer
producer Howard Gertler (Little Punk) and Leital Molad (Topic Studios)
COME BACK TO THE FIVE & DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN
by Ed Gracyzyk
Regeneration Theatre, NYC - play
role: Associate Director
Key Artists
director Erin Solér
featuring Nicole Greevy, Ari Figueroa, Chris Clark, Monica Rey, Lynnsey Lewis, Sonja Gabrielsen, Elliot Frances Flynn, KP Sgarro, Rebeca Miller
PSM Allison Hohman, ASM Adan Sanchez
scenic Kiah Kayser
costumes Michael Piatkowski
producer Barnaby Edwards & Marcus Gualberto
SLASH - Directed by John Cameron Mitchell
Written by and starring
ARS NOVA
Republic - Directed by Michael Arden
Music and Lyrics by Kait Kerrigan and Bree Lowdermilk
Industry Reading
Eastbound - Directed by Joe Barros
Book & Music by Cheeyang Ng, Book & Lyrics by Khyion Hursey
NY Theatre Barn
The Flip Side: Ahrens and Flaherty Benefit for AMAS Theatre Company, NYC - Directed by Jonathan S. Cerullo
CHESS: The Musical - Directed by Alex Acevedo
Fordham University Mimes and Mummers
Carrie: The Musical - Directed by Thomas Morrissey
Theatre NOW New York